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No. 112, 



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XDE -WITT'S 

r^ ETHIOPIAN AE"D OOMIO DEAMA 




Ithe coming man 

AN ETHIOPIAN SKETCH, IN TWO SCENES. 



By A. J. LEAVITT. 



ARRANGED 

By CHARLES WHITE, 

Author of ^^ Magic Penny,'' ''Jolhj Millers,'' "Vilikens and Dinah," "The 
Coopers," '^Old Dad's Cabin," ^^Rival Lovers," ^'Shatn Doctor," "United 
States Mail," "Mazeppa," "Uncle Jeff," "Mischievous Nigger" "Por- 
trait Painter," "Black Shoemaker," "Hop of Fashion," "The Wreck," 
^'Mystic Spell," "-Black Statue," ''Quack Doctor," "Recruiting Of- 
fice," " Thieves at the Mill," " Black Chermst," " Daguerreotypes," 
" Stupid Servant," "Sam's Courtship," " Guide to the Stage," " Going 
for the Cup," "Policy Player," "The Ghost," ''Damon and Pythias," 
^'Malicious Trespass," " Vegetable Man," " Fisherman! s Luck,'' "Musi- 
cal Chowder," "The Draft," " Casket of Fun," "White's Black Wit{ 
"Burlesque Circus," "Black Menagerie," "Skating Carnival," "Trip 
by Rail," "Jealous Darkey," "Musician, Blower, and Dancer," "Bum- 
mer's Hall," "Peep at Barnmris" "Nigger Encampment," "Streets of 
New York," "Black-Ey'd William," "Doctor Possum's Lecture," 
"Storming the Fort," etc. etc. 

AS FIRST PFRFORMED AT THE HOWARD ATHENAEUM, BOSTON, 
OCTOBER 18 1875, 

TO WHICH ARK ADDED, 

A Description of the Costumes -Cast of the Characters— Entrances 
' and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the 

Stage and the whole of the Stage Business. 




IsTe-w Y ork, 

ROBERT M. DE ^WITT, PUBLISHER 

No. 33 Rose Street. 




MoBoei*P^ 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS, 



^~ Please notice that nearly all the Comedies, Farces and Gomediettas in the following 
hst ofD-E Witt's Acting Plats" are very suitable for representation in small Amateur Thea- 
tres and on Parlor Stages, as they need but little extnnsic aid from coniplieated scenery or 
expensive costumes. They have attained their deserved popularity by their droll situations, 
excellent 2}lots, great humor and brilliant dialogues, no less than by the fact that they are the 
most perfect in every respect of any edition of jJlays ever p)ublished either in the United States 
or Europe, whether as regards jmrity of the text, accuracy and fulness of stage directions and 
scenery, or elegance of typography and clearness of lirinling. 

* * In ordenng i^lease copy the figures at the commencement of each piece, which indicate 
the number of the piece in "De Witt's List of Acting PLArs.'' 

J2^° Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of price — 15 
cents each. 

Address, ROBERT M. DE WITT, 

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jg^ The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of 
Acts. The figures in the columns indicate the number of characters — M. wa?e; 
F. female. 



No 



M. r 

Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 7 ^ 

Anything for a Change, comedy, 1 3 
Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts. ... 7 

Area Belle (The), farce, 1 act 3 

Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 

Amit Charlotte's Maid, farce. 1 act. . 3 
Game of Cards (A), comedietta, 1 3 
BardeH vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 

Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 

Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 a 

Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 

Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 5 

Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 6 

70. Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 1 

179. Breach of Promise,, drama, 2 acts.. 5 2 
25. Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta, 14 8 

24. Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act .2 2 

1. Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 3 

69. Caui-ht by the Cuff, farce, 1 act. .... 4 1 
175. Cast upon the World, drama, 5acts.l0 5 
55. Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts .. 12 5 

80. Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 3 



114. 
167. 

93. 

40. 

89. 
192. 
166. 

41. 
141. 



160. 



Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts. 
Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 



Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 

149. Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 

121. Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 

107. Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 

152. Cupid's Eye-Glass, comedy, 1 act... 1 

52. Cup of Tea, couiedietta, 1 act 3 

148. Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

113. Cyrill's Success, comedy, 5 acts — 10 
199. Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta, 1 act 4 

20. Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 

4. Dandelion's Dodges, fane, 1 act 4 

22. David (iarrick, comedy, 3 acts 8 

96. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 
16. Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 

58. Deborah (I.eah) drama, 3 acts 7 

125. Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 

71. Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts.. 5 
143. Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acta. 



. 6 5 



9 4 



No. H. 

21. Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 

186. Duchessdela Valliere, play, 5 acts.. 6 
47. Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 

13). Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts. 6 

200. Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 

103. Faust aud Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 
9. Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude,"l act 4 

128. Female Detective, drama, 3 acts.... 11 

101. Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 

99. Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 

145. First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 

102. Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 

88. Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act.. . . 4 

74. Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 

53. Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 
73. Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 
30. Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 act 5 

131. Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 

28. Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 

151. Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

8. Henry Duubar, drama, 4 acts 10 

180. Heniy the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 

19. He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 

60. Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 

187. His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 

174. Home, comedy, 3 acts 4 

64. Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 

190 Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act 4 

191. High Ci comedietta, 1 act 4 

Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 

If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

lact 4 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act 3 

In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 

In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 

Isabella Orsiiii, drama, 4 acts 11 

177. I Sha'l Invite the Major, comedy, 1 4 

100. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 

139. Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts... 3 
17. Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts.... 6 

86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5' acts 12 

72. Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 



197. 
18. 



116. 
129. 



122. 



THE COMING MAN. 

gut ^tlnopiatt ^feftcfc in ^xu S^um^. 

/ 
^y A. J. LEAVITT. 

rinST PERFORMED AT THE HOWARD ATHENEUM, BOSTON, OCT. 18TH, 1875. 
ARRANGED 

By CHARLES WHITE, 

The Celebrated Ethiopian Comedian, 

AUTHOR OF 

** Magic Penny,'' ''Jdly Millers,'' ''Vilikens and Dinah," '' TJu Coopers," ''Old 
Dad's Cabin," ''Rival Lovers," ''Sham Doctor," "United States Mail," 
"Mazeupa," " Uncle Jef," " Mischievous Niqqe7\" " Poi'tr ait Painter," 
"Black Shoemaker," "Hop of Fashion," "The Wreck," " Mystic Spell," 
"Block Statue," " Quack Doctor," " Sam's Courtship," " Thieves ht the 
Mint," " Black Chemist," " Daguerreotypes," "Stupid Servant," "Storming 
the Fort," " Guide to the Stage," " Going for the Cup," " Policy Player," 
-The Ghost," "Damon and Pythias," "Malicious 'JYespass," "Vegetable 
Man," "Fisherman's Luck," " Musical Chowder," "The Draft," "Casket 
of Fun," "White's Black Wit," "Burlesque Circus," "Black Menagene, 
"Skating Carnival." "IVip by Rail," "Jealous Darkey," "Musician, Blotver 
and Dancer," "Bummers' Hall," "Peep at Ba/>^num's," "Nigger Encamp- 
ment," "Black Ey'd William," "Dr. Possum's Lecture," "A Lucky Job, 
"Streets of Neio York," " The Recruiting Office," etc., etc. 

TO WHICH ARE ADDED 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES — CAST OF THE CHARACTERS — ENTRANCES 

AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS 

ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF 

THE STAGE BUSINESS, 






<Cv. 1S7 




ROBERT M. r>E WITT, PUBLISHER, 

No. 33 Rose Street. 



Copyright, 18r7, by Robert M. Db Witt. 



1 /ys^-^ 



2 THE COMING MAN. ^ g^ 

CAST OF CHARACTERS. 
As originally produced at the Howard Atheneum, Boston, Oct. 18th, 1875. 

Joacaraus Hardback, the coming man Mr. Harry Bloodgood 

Marc Anthony .Mr. A. J. Leavitt 

Mr. Gates Mr. Harry Hunter 

Mrs. Gates Mr. K D. Jones 



TIME OP REPRESENTATION— EIGHTEEN MINUTES. 



SCEN-ERY. 

Scene I. — Faney Cliaraber c. d. with Doors in r. and l. Flats. 
Scene II. — Anvthin*' to close in the Act. 



R -i E Door> c. ». Door. l. 3 E. 

R. 2 E. L. 2 E. 

/Table and Chairs. \ 

Sitaation at close. \_ 

R. IE. @ ^ L.1E. 

/ © a \ 

/ Mrs. Gates. Mr. Gates. Hardback. Marc. \ 

R^^ B^ C. L. C. 'L 

Orchestra. 



COSTUMES. 

Hardback.— Eccentric Negro style, rather seedy ; a duplicate Coat, 
badly torn, to double with. 

Marc Anthony.— Servant style of Darkey, rather tidy. 
Mr. Gates. — Genteel ; modern make up. 
Mrs. Gates. — Neat Chambermaid attire. 

PROPERTIES. 

Covered Table; Newspaper ; Books, etc. Bell on Table ; a good sized Black 
and Tan Dog ; a large Rope for Bog ; Tea Tray with Eatables on ; large Roll 
of Bills ; Carpet Bag ; a Straw Band or Wreath for the head ; Patch for the 
Bog's Eye, with plenty of Rags to bind him up. 



THE COMING MAI^. 



Scene 1. — Centre door Chamber loith door in r. and l. flat Elegantly fur- 
nished Parlor — table and two chairs l. Bell on table. In 3d grooves. 

Enter G-ates, c. d., goes to table, rings bell. Enter Mark, l. 1 e. 

Gates. Has the new man come yet ? 

Mark. No, sir ; I hope he will, though. I'm glad you took me out of 
that joe; and put me in as waiter. 

Gates. How is your mistress this morning? 

Mark. She's getting no better very fast; she's pounded me till I'm all 
black and blue. The last spell she had she tore all my clothes off. This 
is the tJiird suit I've had on this week. 

Gates. Never mind, Mark, money will heal everything. Her strange 
malady will soon pass away (so the doctor says) if she is properly cared 
for. If the new man should come during my absence tell him to wait till 
I return. [^Exit Gates, 1 l. e. 

Mark. All right, sir ; no more crazy women for me. 

Enter Joacamus Hardback, c. d., loith carpet bag in hand. 

Jo. Does the Gates family reside here ? 

Mark. Tbis is the place. Oh, I see you are the new man that's coming 
to live with us, I believe. 

Jo. Yes ; I received a letter to that effect. I believe I'm wanted here 
to take care of a lady that's a little gone here [pointing to his forehead). 
Now, how is she ? Is she any way dangerous ? You've been here some 
time ; maybe you can post me a little. 

Mark. I've had charge of her for some time. I'm no hog ; I've got 
enough. 

Jo. What do you mean ? 

Mark. Master hired me to take charge of her and keep her from killing 
herself, but I've had all I could do to keep her from killing me; but the 
pay is good. 

Jo. Yes, but what good is the pay after a man is dead ? 

Mark. Why, if 3''0u should happen to get killed master will see that 
you have a tirst class funeral. He's captain of the Kerosene Light 
Guards ; he'll have all the military turn out for you. 

Jo. I suppose I'll be kept on ice till the band plays. 

Mark. You'll get along very well here if you can only dodge good. 

Jo. What do you mean ? 

Mark. You see this nose, don't you? 

Jo. Which nose ? 

Mark. This one! When I first came here it was a beautiful cornet ; 
now it's all ooe sided. 

Jo. How did it happen ? 

Mark. There's where she hit me with a spittoon; not long ago she cut 
one of my ears off with a razor ; now, this isn't real — it's a wax ear. 

Jo. I suppose I'll have one ear long ? 

Mark. She's terrible when she get's these spells. The other day she 
took ine for Beecher, and she thumped the life out of me. 



4 THE COMING MAN. 

Jo. "Why didn't you rig a purchase on her and tell her you was Tilton ? 
Mark. 1 didn't have time ; but here comes master. Don't say that I 
said anything about this. Don't give me away. [Exit Mark, c. d. 

Enter Gates, 1 l. e. 

Gates. Are you the coming man ? 

Jo. (going). No ; I'm the going man. I guess I won't suit you; your 
wife is a woman I've never been uitroduced to, and being strangers to 
each other, wliy 

Gates. I liope no one has been intimidating you by telling you any 
foolish stories ? 

Jo. Where is the best place to gei a wax ear around here? Are spit- 
toons plentiful in this neighborhood ? 

Gates. I am at a loss to know your meaning. Let me explain. Your 
name is 

Jo. Joacamus Hardback. 

Gates (bringing tivo chairs to front). Mr. Hardback, be seated (tJmj sit). 
About six months ago my poor wife, being thrown from her caniage, re- 
ceived such a shock that her reason has flown. I have had the laest 
medical advice that money can procure, and they all agree that tlie only 
way to restore her lost reason is to humor her in all her little caprices. 
Now, if she should take you for George Washington, you must say you 
are. 

Jo. Oh, then, this is a kind of a lunatic asylum on a half shell. 

Gates. Don't interrupt me. For instance, when she breaks or tears 
anything in my presence I do the same ; and when she beats you I beat 
you, too. 

Jo. (rising). I'll bet you two dollars and a half 3'^ou don't. 

Gates (putting cliairs back). No, no; I only pretend to beat yon, and 
she, poor thing, is too delicate to injure you. 

Jo. About how much does she weigh ? 

Gates. She has fallen away to about eight}'- pounds. 

Jo. Send her up. 

Gates. Now, tliis is your room. You can arrange your toilet in the 
other room. Here you will find books, papers, etc., to amuse yourself 
with, and plent}'- of good segars; your meals will be brought to you, and 
your wages will be five dollars a day until the good lady recovers. 

Jo. (letting a good sized black and tan out of carpet bag). You see I 
always carry my dog with me wherever I go, there's so many tramps 
around. 

Gates (taking dog under his arm and carpet bag in hand) I'll give him in 
charge of the cook, where he will be well taken care of. 

[Exit Gates, 1 l. k. 

Jo. (sitting in arm chair R. of table). Well, I'll try it a week, and if I 
don't like it I can quit. 

Enter Mrs. Gates, 1 r. e., a la Ophelia, with a straw band aroimd Jier 
waist, a straw wreath around her head ; she walks three steps sloivly towards 
Jo.; Jo. crawls under table, with his head looking out from under tablecloth. 

Mrs. Gates. What a dear little dog. 

Jo. She takes me for a dog-. I must humor her. (Jo barks like a dog.) 
Mrs. Gates. ij.ere, Towser 1 Towser 1 (Jo. craivls towards her on all 
fours.) Now the dog has gone. (Jo. rises.) You are Bessie Turner 1 



THECOMINGMAN. 6 

Jo. (aside). Oh, that's too much. I can't stand that, but I must humor 
her. (Aloud). Yes, Missus, I'm Bessie. 

Mrs. Gates. Now Bessie's gone. You are Sitting Bull I 

Jo. No; I'm a standing calf. 

Mrs. Gates. Let me see thy hand (takes his hand). Not all the per- 
fumes of Arabia could wash this little hand. 

Jo. Soap and water is good, for it. 

Mrs. Gates (going slowly). Farewell, sweet prince ! Good bye, dearest 
angel I Tral lal la. [Exit 1 r. e. 

Jo. Tral lal la (sinks in arm chair R. of tablt). Ha! ha! ha I Well, 
well; this is the softest snap I ever had. Now, that other fellow only 
told me those stories to scare me. I see he's jealous of me. Five dollars 
a day, and be called sweet prince. Oh, no ; I guess not. Hello ! here she 
comes again. 

Enter Mrs. Gates, 1 R. e., reading a very large book ; she walks as before. 

Jo. Ah, she's going to read me a story. If I only had a segar now 
how I would enjoy it. (Mrs. Gates throws the book with great force at 
Jo.'s head ; Jo. looking at her for a moment with fear.) Now tlie band 
plays. This begins to look like business. (She rushes at him, seizes him 
by the collar and throws him ^o r. 1. e. ; he gets up, she knocks him down; 
he rises again and gets to c, she knocks him down again ; he rises again and 
by this time is near 1 i. E., a.s Mr. Gates enters and knocks him down again; 
they both kick him; Mrs. Gates tears his coat up the back ; while he is down 
he has a small piece of sponge soaped in his vest pocket, which he uses to mark 
under one eye). 

Mrs. Gates (rushing to 1 R. e.) Ha I ha I ha ! [Exits. 

Mr. Gates (rushing to 1 l. e.) Hal ha! ha! [Exits. 

Jo. (raising his head and showing his face). Ha! ha! ha! That settles 
it. No more for me (rising as though he was almost knocked to pieces). I've 
got all I want of this (going towards c. D.). 

Enter Mr. Gates, rubbing his hands. 

Gates My dear boy you are getting along splendidly. 

Jo. Yes, I'll get along out of here as soon as possible; pay me for this 
coat and let me go. Your wife is the healthiest old eighty pounder I ever 
saw. If I had a woman like that I'd trade her off for a yellow dog and 
then shoot the dog. 

Gates. Mrs. Gates is much better. 

Jo. And I'm much worse. 

Gates. You must not think of leaving me now, when everything looks 
so cheerful. 

Jo. Do I look cheerful ? If I stop here much longer I will want a brass 
nose and a tin ear. 

Mrs. Gates (ivithout). Leave me! leave me! (iMrs. Gates rushes in, 
1 R. E., toiuards Jo., Mr. Gates stops her. Jo., who ran out of G. D., is peek- 
ing in. Mr. Gates leads her off sloivly, 1 R. e. Jo. enters.) 

Jo. Well, I think that will settle her for to-day. I don't think she'll 
have another spell in a week. 

Enter Mark, r. d. f., with a tray of refreshments ; he is grinning at Jo. He 
^uts tray on table. 

Mark. Ha ! ha I ha ! How do you like it as far as you've got ? 
Jo. I don't like it for a cent. 



6 THE COMING MAN, 

Mark. You'r going to have a bully funeral. 

Jo. Underline it for to-morrow afternoon. 

Mark. That dog of yours is having a good time. 

Jo. Well, I'm glad he's enjoying himself. 

Mark. Missus chased him all over the house with a carving knife. 
She cut off a piece of his ear and two inches of his tail. Ha 1 ha I ha I 

\^Exit Mark r. d. f. 

Jo. Ha ! ha I ha I That fellow is too fresh. (Mr. and Mrs. G-ates rush 
in, 1 R. E. ; they knock Jo. down and heat him as he craivls out, L. d. f. Mr. 
and Mrs. Gates exit kicking and beating him.) 

Enter Mark, r. d. f. 

Mark. By jingo, Missus has got another spell. I guess the coming 
man is getting the worst of it. Hello ! they are breaking everything in 
the house. I'll go and see about it. [Exit, l. d. f. 

Enter Mrs. Gates, Mr. Gates following. 

Mrs. Gates. Where am I ? What horrid vision is this ? 

Mr. Gates. You are here in your own home. You have been delirious. 
You are better now, are you not ? 

Mrs. Gates. Yes, yes ; the heavy cloud that pressed upon my brow has 
passed away. Edward, is this you ? 

Mr. Gates. Here, Mark (enter Mark, l. d. f,), your mistress has re- 
covered ; her reason is restored. 

Mark. Hiu-rah ! But the coming man is dead. 

Mr. Gates. Dead ! 

Mark. Yes, he's as cold as ice, and can't speak a word. Just as he 
was trying to get away with his dog Missus knocked him down with the 
aquarium, and that settled him. 

Mr. Gates {holding up a roll of bills). I would give this thousand dollars 
to see him alive again. 

Enter Jo., face all cut iip, clothes all torn to pieces, leading dog ; a very 
large rope is fixed to the dog^s neck with a string ; the dog is all patched up 
with white rags — a rag over one eye ; Jo.'s eye the same. He drags the dog 
in, seizes the money, saying, "I'll take it." TJie flats close in, leaving the 
dog outside, Jo. still holding rope. The flats open and let the dog in. 



Situation of characters at close. 
Mrs. Gates. Mr. Gates. Jo. Mark. 



STAGE DIRECTION'S. 

R. means Right of Stage, facing the Audience; L. Left; C. Centre; R. C. Right 
of Centre ; L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat; or Scene running across 
the back of the Stage; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat; R. D. F. Right Door in 
the Flat; L. D, F. Left Door in the Flat; R. D. Right Door; L. D. Left Door; 1 E. 
First Entrance; 2 E. Second Entrance; U. E. Ujiper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 G. First, 
Second or Tliird Grooves. 

R. R. C. C. L. C. L. 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 



No. 
144. 

34. 
137. 
111. 
119. 
165. 

48. 

32. 
164. 
109. 

85. 

87. 
143. 
189. 
163. 
154. 

63. 

39. 
7. 

49. 

15. 

46. 

51. 
184. 
108. 
188. 
169. 
130. 

92. 
193. 

140. 

115. 
2. 

57. 
104. 
112. 
185. 

84. 
117. 

171. 
14. 

173. 
176. 

90. 
170. 

33. 

97! 



172. 

94. 

45. 
155. 

178. 

147. 
156. 

82. 
127. 

23. 



M. F. 

Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts.l2 
Larkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 

L' Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act. . . . 3 
Little Amiie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Locked In with a Lady, sketch, 1 act. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene , 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act.. 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act. . . 1 

Marcorett), drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act. 5 
Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 

My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act — 1 

Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act 3 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 

Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts , 8 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 

No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 3 

Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts. 14 3 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 6 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 4 

Nothing Like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 1 

No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue 13 6 

OfE the Stage, comedietta, 1 act. ... 3 3 

On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 2 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 2 

One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act. 2 3 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts 8 4 

Orange Bloi^soms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 3 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 4 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

Our Domestics, comedy farce, 2 acts 6 6 

Our Heroes, military play. 5 acts. . .24 5 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 5 

Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts 11 5 

Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act — 1 1 

Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

Peggy Green, farce, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act 15 24 

Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



No. 



61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts 7 2 

138. Poll and Partner Joe, burlesque, 1 

act 10 3 

110. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, 13 6 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 3 

95. Pretty Horse-Breaker, farce, lact.. 3 10 

181 and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts.38 8 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 5 2 
196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic op 

eretta, 1 act , 1 1 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts 16 2 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 

195. Rosemi Shell, travesty, 1 act, 4 

scenes 6 3 

158. School, comedy, 4 acts 6 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, 17 5 

37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act 3 2 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 1 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act . . 7 2 
6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 2 1 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act. . 1 1 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 16 5 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 
31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act . . 1 2 

120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 1 
146. There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 1 2 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

lact 6 1 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts ..73 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 7 5 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
153. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 1 

134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 13 2 
29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act 5 3 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 3 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123. Two Polts, farce, 1 act 4 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

lact 3 1 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act. .... 2 1 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 2 

81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 3 

44. War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts. ..54 
105. Which ofthe Two? comedietta, lact 2 10 

98. Who is Who? farce, 1 act 3 2 

12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 4 

5. William Tell with a Vengeance, 

burlesque 8 2 

136. Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 6 

161. Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 4 

11 Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 4 

54. Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 13 3 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



of DE WITT'S ACTI NG PLAYS AND DE WITT'S 

containing Plot, Costume, Scenery, 
Address, 



ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMAS 

Time of Representation and every other information, mailed free and post paid 



ROBERT M. DE WITT, 33 Rose Street, New York. 



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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 




C DEAMAS. 



I Comic Dramas has ever 
:ire the j)lots excellent^ the 
-ill the situations, by-jylay, 
set down, and cleat hj ex- 
Included in this catalogue 



Xothing so thoroug 
been printed as those t) r\ r\-\ a rs 

characters droll, the in, U 014 211 967 5 # 

positions, pantotnimic business, we/tc/ ^ w,,.-^ v 

2)lained, that (he mer^M ?wvice could 2nit any of them on the stage. 

are all the most laughable and effective jneces of their class ever produced. 

*** In ordering, please copy the figures at the commencement of each play , which indicate 
the number of the piece in " De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama." 

%M" Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, on i^eceipt of price— V^ Cents Each. 

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^W The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Scenes. The 
figures in the columns indicate the number of characters. — M. male; '^.female. 
*:(:* Female characters are generally assumed by males in these plays. 

No. M. r. 

73. African Tox, burlesque, 2 scenes. . . 5 
6. Black Chap from Whitechapel, 1 s. 4 

10. Black Chemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 

11. Black Ey'd William, a scenes 4 1 

24. Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 

40. Big Mistake, sketch, 1 sceue 4 

42 Bad WhisK.ey, sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

43. Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scenes.. . 7 1 

78. Bogus Indian, sketch, 4 scenes 5 2 

79 Barneys Courtship, Irisii, 1 scene. 1 1 

89. Bo:,ais Talking Machine, Dutch 4 
3.5. Coal fTeavers' Revenge, 1 scene.. 6 

41. CrL'mation, sketch, 2 scenes 8 1 

12. Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene 3 

50. Draft (The), sketch, 1 act, 2 scenes. 6 
53. Damon and Pythias, 2 scenes 5 1 

63. Darkey's Stratagem, sketch, 1 act. . 3 1 

64. Dutchman's Ghost, sketch, 1 scene. 4 1 
95. Dutch Justice, sketch, 1 scene 11 

4. Eh ? What is it ? sketch, 1 scene. . . 4 1 

52. Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 10 1 

67. Editor's Troubles, farce, in 1 scene.. 6 

93. Elopement (The), farce, 2 scenes. .. 4 1 

25. Fc.low rhat Looks Like Me, Is.... 2 1 

51. Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
88. First Niglit, Dutch sketch, 4 scenes 4 2 

17. Gliost (The), slvCtch, 1 scene 2 

31. Glyceri;ie Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

20. Goin^ for the Cup, interlude, 1 scene 4 

58. Ghost in a I'awashop, 1 .scene 4 

70. Guide lo the Stage, sketch. 1 .scene. 3 
77. Getting Square on Call Boy, 1 scene 3 

82. Good Night s Rest, sketch, 1 scene 3 

83. German Emigrant, sketch, 1 scene. 3 1 
8li. Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 3 

3. Hemmed In, sketch, 1 scene 3 1 

23. Hard Times, extravaganza, 1 scene. 5 1 

4S. IIi-;h Jack, the Heeler, 1 scene.. 6 

6L Happy Couple, sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

OS. Hippotheatron, s.^etch, 1 scene 9 

71. In and Out, sketch, 1 scene 2 

3:J. Jealous llu.sband, sketcli, 1 scene 2 1 

94. Jul. us the Snoozer, 3 scenes 7 

1. Last of the Mohicins, 1 scene 3 1 

18. Live Injun, sketch, 4 scenes 4 1 

36. Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 scene 6 1 

37. Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes 3 2 

60. Lost Will, sketch, 1 scene 4 

90. Lunatic (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 

8. Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes 4 

19. Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 3 



No. 

44. 

96. 
101. 

49. 

22. 

2?. 

30. 

7(i. 
9. 

57. 



5lj. 

59. 

69. 

72. 

74. 

100. 

102. 

5. 

2. 

31. 

47. 

51. 

28. 

62. 

29. 

32. 

39. 

75. 

93. 

97. 

99. 

85. 



Musical Servant, sketch, 1 scene... 3 
Midnight Intruder (The), 1 scene. . 6 1 

Molly Moriarty, Irish, 1 scene 1 1 

Nightin a Strange Hotel, 1 scene.... 2 
Obeying Orders, sketch, 1 scene... 2 1 

10t)th .\ ight of Hamlet, 1 scene 7 1 

One Night In a Bar Room, 1 scene 7 
One, Two. Three, sketch, 1 scene.. 7 

Policy Piayers, sketch, 1 scene 7 

Pompey's Patients, 2 scenes 6 

For er's Troubles, sketch, 1 scene.. 6 1 
Port Wine vs. JeaiOu-^y, 1 sceiie. . 2 1 
Pete tlie Peddlar, sketch, 1 scene.. 2 1 
Painter's Apprentice (Tlie), 1 s ene 5 

Polar Bear (Tlie,) farce, 1 scene 5 

Recruiting Oifice, sketch, 2 scenes. 5 

Rival Tenants, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Remittance from Home, 1 scene... 6 

Rigging a Purchase, 1 scene 2 

Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Streets of iNew York, sketch, 1 scene 6 

Sam's Courtship, farce, 1 scene 2 1 

Scenesoii the Mississippi, 2 scenes. 6 
Serenade (The), sketch, 2 scenes. . 

Scampini, pantomime, 2 scenes 

Storming the Fort, sketch, 1 scene 
Siamese Twins, sketch, 2 scenes.. 

Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene 6 

Stage Struck Couple (The), 1 scene. 2 
Sausage Makers (The), sketch, 2 s. . 5 
Squire for a Day, sketch, 1 scene. . . 5 

Stranger (The), sketch, I scene 1 

Sleepwalker (The), sketch, 2 scenes 3 
Three Chiefs (The), sketch, 2 scenes 6 



Three, A. M.. sketch, 1 bcene 3 

Two Black Roses (The), sketch.... 4 

Tricks, sketch, 2 .'scenes 5 

Three Strings to One Bow, 1 scene. 4 
Take It. Don't Take It, sketch, 1 s. 2 

Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Uncle Eph's Dream, sketch, 2 s ... 3 
Vinegar Bitters, sketch, one scene. 6 
Who Died First, sketch, 1 scene. . . 3 
Wake up, William Henry, 1 .>-cene. . 3 
Wanted, aNur.se, sketch, 1 scene.. 5 
Weston the Walkist, Dutch 1 scene 7 
What Shall I Take ? sketch, 2scenes 8 
Who's the Actor ? farce, 1 scene. . . 4 
Wrong Woman in the Right Place 3 
Young Scamp (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 



6 3 
5 
5 
6 1 

1 
1 
1 
1 



